University Physics with Modern Physics (14th Edition)

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Chapter 13 - Gravitation - Problems - Discussion Questions - Page 424: Q13.5

Answer

You attract the sun more strongly at noon than at midnight.

Work Step by Step

At noon, the sun is directly overhead, and is closer than it is at midnight, when you have rotated away from the sun, to the dark side of the Earth. The gravitational force between you and the sun is stronger when you are closer together.
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